Ms. Que Banh<p>For years, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> people in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NWT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NWT</span></a> have been working to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/decolonize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decolonize</span></a> names. That's included calls to scrap the word <a href="https://beige.party/tags/slave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slave</span></a> from <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreatSlaveLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatSlaveLake</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Slavey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavey</span></a>, changing them to something meaningful to Indigenous people.</p><p>The request the territory received back in 2022 suggested the lake's name reflect four <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndigenousLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousLanguages</span></a>: Dene Zhatıé, Dëne Sųłıné Yatıé, Tłıchǫ Yatıı̨̀ and Wıı̀lıı̀deh Yatıı̨̀. It was supported by the North Slave Métis Alliance and the former MLA for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Yellowknife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yellowknife</span></a> North, according to information from Cleveland's department.</p><p>Georgina Fabian, an elder from Fort Providence, said the name 'Slavey' is a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> term that was imposed on her people.</p><p>"It shouldn't take this long ... but the problem with Great Slave Lake itself is that there are many <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndigenousCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousCommunities</span></a> that border the lake, so it is now a matter of which name you should choose ... so there is a lot of politics with that," Nokleby said.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7252552" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cbc.ca/amp/1.7252552</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Landback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landback</span></a></p>